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J. SAMPSON.

Corn Planter Patented Nov. 19,1867.

Inventor,

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J. M. SAMPSON, OF WAYNESVILLE, ILLINOIS.-

" Letters Patent No. 71,070, dated November 19, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GORN-PLANTERS.

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TO ALL WHOMIT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, J. M. SAMPSON, of Waynesville, in the county of DeWitt, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and improvedCorn-Planter; and I, do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and

i exact description thereof, which'will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

- This invention relates to a new and improved corn-planter of thatclass in which the seed-distributing r device is operated-by hand, thedevice being mounted on wheels, and all arranged as hereinaft'er setforth,

whereby a very cheap, simple, and eflicient corn-planter is obtained. Inthe accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a side sectional view ofmy invention, taken in the line a: :27, fig. 2.

Figure 2, a plan or top view of the same. Figure 3, a detached verticalsection of one of the seed-distributors. Similar letters of referenceindicate like parts. A represents the front part of the frame of themachine, which is composed of two side pieces a a, com nected bycross-bars 6 b, and has twocurved plates or runners B B attached to it,one at each side, with a furrow-opener, C, at the rear end of eachrunner. (See fig. 1.) To the rear part of the fram'e'of the machinethere are secured vertical posts or standards D D, one at each side; andin each post or standard there is a rectangular opening, 0. Theseopenings extend entirely through the posts or standards; and in eachopening there is fitted a plunger, E, which is allowed to slide freelyup and down. The upper ends of these plungers are attached, by links ato the ends of a rod, F, which is secured to two levers G G, the frontends of which are framed into a rock-shaft, H, which has its hearings inuprights d d on the part A of the frame. I is the droppers seat,attached to an elastic bar, J, on the rear part A of the frame. Thisseat is between the two levers G G, so that they may be readily operatedby the dropper on the seat. Besides the openings cin the posts orstandards D D, there is another, e, in each. The upper and lower ends ofthe openings c communicate with the openings 0, as shown clearly in fig.1 and in each plunger there is made an opening, 1, in which screw, 9, isinserted. By turning these screws the capacity of the openings fmay bevaried as desired. K K represent hoppers placed on the rear of the partA of the frame, one over each post or standard These hoppers have slotsit made in their rear sides to admit of the corn passing from thehoppers into the openings f, when the plungers E are raised suificientlyto admit of the openings f being in line with the slots it in the rearof the hoppers; and, when the plungers E are pressed or forced down, thecorn or seed will be discharged from the openings f into the upper endsof the openings e, and will descend to the lower ends of the same, andbear against the plungers E; and, when the latter are raised, the seedor corn will drop out from the lower ends of the openings e, and beretained in the lower ends of the openings c by elastic plates 2', (seefig. 3,) the com or seed being forced out into the furrows as theplungers descend. L represents the rear part of the frame, which isconnected to the front part A by a rod, M. The driver's seat N is placedon the part L, and said part I. is mounted on two wheels N N O arecoverers, which cover the seed in a perfect manner.

v This invention contains no parts which are liable to get out of repairor become deranged by use.

Having thus described 'my invention, I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The plungers E, fitted in openings c in theposts or standards D D, and provided with seed-cells o r openings f, incombination with the openings 6 in the posts or standards, and theelastic plates 2', all arranged to operate in connection with thehoppers K K and covcrers O, substantially in the manner as and for thepurpose set forth.

' J. M. SAMPSON.

Witnesses CHAS. E. Samson, B. TENNEY.

